Department of Community & Family Medicine
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About the Department

 
Established in 1966 as the Department of Community Health Sciences, the Department took an early leadership role in developing programs to improve the health of communities. Today, the Department of Community and Family Medicine is a diverse collection of educational, research, and clinical programs which are still united in seeking ways of improving the health of the members of our communities.
 
The mission of the Department of Community and Family Medicine is to improve the health of people in their communities.
We achieve this by:
       
  • Increasing understanding of health and illness in the community, workplace, and family;
  • Developing and evaluating innovative collaborative interventions to improve health and prevent disease;
  • Teaching others what we have learned
 
The Department of Community and Family Medicine is comprised of the following seven interdependent groups:
 
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